COMMUNIQUE #67 STARDATE 2011.07 NEW IN THIS ISSUE FEDERATION We have included several new items in this issue. COMMANDER New Ship Card voted by Forum: Romulan KD5WR Revised Ship Card: Tholian Web Tender. Large Format Ship Card: Klingon C8 (low toner version) Organized League Play New ship: Klingon D5J Penal Cruiser Scenario: 8CM54 Mercy Mission The on-line forms for registering your store as a site for Organized League Play are in the Commander’s Circle. Also PLANNED FOR 2011 available is the form to register your completed games and you can even use the same form to register future games as a means The Origins product was TRANSPORTS ATTACKED in- of inviting people to attend and join the fun. cluding the tugs and LTTs that had been planned for Boosters You will find a link to the Commander’s Circle at: #94 and #95, plus 10 scenarios for them. This solved the prob- www.StarFleetGames.com/fccc/login.php lem of getting those Ship Cards released, as the kind of sales along with everything else for this game system. figures we see with Attack packs justify the product. Many stores have already signed up, and prizes (a series Federation Admiral, a campaign manual designed to work of “bonus cards” used to give ships a special ability) are being with Federation Commander, will be released this fall. It will mailed out to those stores. The scenarios for FALL 2011 are as also work with Star Fleet Battles, and will provide players with follows and are all TUG Scenarios. everything they need to create their own campaigns at any level July: 8TR1 Priority Cargo (strategic, regional, or local). This will be one of the largest books August: 8TR2 Strategic Redeployment we have ever released and we’re very excited about it. September: 8TR3 Rescue Tug Briefing #3 (commando ships, transports, survey ships, October: 8TR5 Passing the Football police ships, ground bases, specialized freighters, and much November: 8TR6 The Cassini Incident more) will be released this year. The Scenario Reference Book December: 8TR7 The Little Tug that Could will be done in the fall. Lots of packs and other items in PDF In each case, use a Federation Tug and (where neces- format will be loaded onto e23. (We try to do a new six-pack sary) replace the enemy forces with an appropriate historic every other week. We realize that some sell better than others, enemy such as the Klingons or Romulans. but we need to do them all and do them in a logical order.) We will have more details in a future issue. We continue to evaluate the market for Booster Pack #93 COMMANDER NEWS and may turn it into a Campaign Pack or Flagships Attack. Boost- ers #94 and #95 will (see above) became Transports Attacked. THE BBS & FORUM: KEYS TO COMMUNICATION Several “attack” modules are under consideration for 2012, The BBS (www.StarFleetGames.com/discus) can be con- including Conflict & Chaos (the follow-on to War & Peace) as fusing at first sight, as it has hundreds of topics, used daily by a well as Gorn Attack, Kzinti Attack, and Flagships Attack. thousand players. Registration is free, but we do require all par- ticipants to use their real names. (This not only improves the RELEASED IN 2010 overall tone of civility, but makes sure you get credit for any WAR AND PEACE was released at the Origins Game Fair suggestions you make.) When you register, you will see topics in June 2010 with ISC, Vudar, and Andromedan ships, along for each of our product lines. Feel free to venture into the broader with Booster Packs #28, #29, and #30. universe as you get more comfortable with the system. Squadron Boxes #28, #29, and #30 were released on 19 There is also a forum (much easier for new players) on the July. Border Box #10 was released in August, 2010. www.FederationCommander.com website. It allows screen names and avatars but isn’t used for submissions of new items. PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION Several versions of the updated Master Ship Chart for Fed- FEDERATION COMMANDER: COMMUNIQUE #67 is pub- eration Commander are on the Commander’s Circle. lished and copyright © 2011 by Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc., The CRUL (Consolidated Rules Update List), listing all rules www.StarFleetGames.com, PO Box 8759, Amarillo TX 79114. changes, is now in the Commander’s Circle. Elements of the Star Fleet Universe are the property of In the Commander’s Circle is the Scenario Designer’s Paramount Pictures Corporation and are used with their per- Guide: http://www.StarFleetGames.com/fc/designguide.shtml . mission. Copyright © 2011 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. what ships do you want? Universe News Here is your chance to get what you want. Whether Federation Commander is only one of the games in you are a veteran player of Star Fleet Battles and famil- the Star Fleet Universe. All of our games use a common iar with the thousands of starships in that game system historical background and technological database. or a new player of Federation Commander and just have There are three kinds of Federation Commander a vague feeling that some ship of some kind is missing players: new players who have never played Star Fleet from your fleet, tell us what you want and we’ll consider Battles, veterans of SFB who haven’t played in years adding it via Communique or in a future expansion. Here but are now playing FC, and active SFB players who are some player suggestions for this year and next: have decided to also play FC. Members of any group Generic units: small planetary ground bases £, ship- could have played any of our games. This part of Com- yard construction dock £. munique will have news on our other games. Our opt-in Police ships: Romulan Snipe-P £, Kzinti police frig- email newsletter goes to fans of all our games; each ate†, Tholian POL†. issue includes links to information for each game. Federation DDF fast destroyer¥. The new Starmada and Klingon Armada books were Klingon F5D drone-armed frigate variant, F6B vari- released in September 09. Romulan Armada followed in ant, D6J penal ship. 2010. Alien Armada and Distant Armada have also been Romulan SpH-J¥, K10R, KillerHawk¥, K7R¥, released. JayHawk, Vulture¥, KD5R¥. Federation & Empire has a 2010 edition. The next Kzinti destroyer. expansion, ISC War was released at Origins. Gorn dreadnought-cruiser¥, HDE, MCC¥, DBC. Star Fleet Battles received Module G3A in August Hydran D7H Anarchist (captured Klingon D7). 09, R12 at Origins 2010, Module Y3 and YG3 in Sep- Andromedan Base Station. tember 10, C3A in April, and E4 at Origins 2011. Lyran police cutter POL £. Prime Directive PD20 Modern, Klingons PD20 Mod- Seltorian Hive Ship (larger than the Battlewagon). ern, and PD20M Federation have been released. Borders of Madness: maulers, scouts, survey ships. GURPS Federation was published May; the PDF All empires: commando ships £. copy is on e23. ¥ Possible inclusion in FC: Gorn Attack. Prime Directive Tholians is in development. † Was in FC: Briefing #2 We are currently focusing on conversions of the four £ Scheduled for FC: Briefing #3 Support Units. Prime Directive books to Mongoose Traveller. FED COMMANDER: TO DATE WEBSITE UPDATE Core Products: Klingon Border, Romulan Border; We continue to update and improve our website: cornerstone products of the game engine. Alternate Products: Academy (lower cost entry prod- www.StarFleetGames.com uct), Graduation (turns Academy into Klingon Border), Our graphics director adds new things to the website Romulan Space (the parts of Romulan Border not dupli- every week, and most of those come from either cus- cated in Klingon Border), Klingon Space (the parts of tomer requests or the FLAP (Finish Like A Pro) list done Klingon Border not duplicated in Romulan Border; this after the completion of each new product. product is not packed for display in stores), Reference Let us know (at [email protected]) if Rulebook. you see any glitches in the website, or think of ways to Expansions: Klingon Attack, Romulan Attack, Tholian improve the website for all of us. Attack, Battleships Attack, Distant Kingdoms, Orion At- The website includes a wealth of information, down- tack, Hydran Attack, War & Peace, Line of Battle, Trans- loads, and other items for players of all of our games. ports Attacked. Explore, look around, click on random entries in the Briefings: #1 Scenarios, #2 Middle Years. Master Index, and you may be surprised what you find. Booster Packs: Zero, #1-#30, #91, #92. (Each has The Master Index can be found at: seven or eight Ship Cards including one or two new ships; www.starfleetgames.com/masterindex.shtml some have up to eight new Ship Cards.) You can always find out what has been added here: Squadron Boxes: Zero, #1-#30, #91. (Each has five www.starfleetgames.com/new.shtml or six miniatures.) Border Boxes: #1-5, #7-10 (24 miniatures each). CAPTAIN’S LOG #43 Border Box #6: nine battleships and a starbase. Lots of fun for FC players: Penal ships, two more Captain’s Log (issues with Federation Commander new ships, three new scenarios, and photon tactics by material): #32-#43. FC national champion Patrick Doyle. Copyright © 2011 Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. FEDERATION COMMANDER SCENARIO (8CM54) Mercy mission The Klingons receive 100 bonus points for capturing the Al Rashid. The Klingons receive 50 points if the Al Rashid In 2564, the Federation tug Al Rashid was carrying is destroyed. If the Klingons disengage before the Al supplies to a Federation base station near the Federa- Rashid is captured or destroyed, the Kzintis gain 25 tion-Klingon-Kzinti border.